Which one of the following statements is incorrect as concerns the managerial task of executing strategy?
A. The managerial tasks of implementing and executing strategy are primarily operations-driven activities revolving around the management if people, business processes, and organization structure.
B. What really makes executing strategy a tougher, more time-consuming management challenge than crafting strategy is the wide array of managerial activities that must be attended to, the many ways to put new strategic initiatives in place and keep things moving, and the number of bedeviling issues that always crop up and have to be resolved.
C. Executing strategy is primarily the function of a company's chief executive officer and other senior-level managers. It is there responsibility to see that strategy is executed successfully and their job to decide how to proceed and to personally supervise the details of the strategy execution process.
D. Just because senior managers announce a new strategy doesn't mean that organizational members will agree with it or enthusiastically move forward to implement it.
E. The strategy execution process typically affects every part of the firm--all value chain activities and all work groups.